Box hook



DCC- 10, 1929- J. F. ROBERTS BOX HOOK Filed July 28. 192e Patented Dec. 10, 1929 J'CHN F. ROBERTS, F GRTLAND, OREGON BOX HOOK Application filed .Tuly 28,

This invention relates to box hooks and has for an important object thereof the provision of a box hook which may be conveniently disposed Within the pocket Without danger of the hook tearing the clothing or causing excessive Wear thereon.

A further and more speciiic object of the invention is to provide a bei; hook having a jointed handle including an accessory portion which may be positioned to engage the bill of the hook to form a protection therefor.

A further object of the inventionis to provide in a device of this character means whereby the hook may be swung,v into alignment with the handle and collapsed theretmvard7 so that it may be more readily engaged With the accessory of the handle portion.

A still further object of the invention is to produce in a device of this character a construction such that the accessory element of the handle serves not only to engage the bill of the hook; but likewise serves to hold the handle sections in alignment With one another.

The-se and other objects I attain by the construction shown in the accompanying drawingr. wherein for the purpose of illustration is shown a preferred embodiment of my 1nvention and wherein Figure l is a front elevation of a hook constructed in accordance with my invention;

Figure 2 is a side elevation thereof;

Figure 3 is a view partially in section showing' the hook in folded position;

Figure Li is a fragmentary view with a portion of the shank housing removed;

Figure is a section on the line 5 5 of Figure 2.

Referring; nonT more particularly to the drawingsJ the numerals l0 and l1 generally designate a hook element and a handle therefor. rlhe hook element comprises a bill 12 and shank 13. the shank having at its end a head le; which is irregular in cross section. 'lhe handle element includes a hand grip l5 and a shank housing 16. The shank housing' i6 is sectional and has the elements thereof held in assembled relation by means 192e. Serial no. 295,943.

of screws li" or the like. Adjacent faces of these sections are grooved to provide a bore 18 permittingi the shank 13 of the hook to slide longitudinally therein when the bill of the hook aligns with the transversely eX- tending hand grip l5. At its loiver end, the bore i8 formed by the combination of these grooves has an enlargement 19 permitting rotation of the head therein to place the head transversely with respect to the hand grip. ll'yhen rotated to this position7 the head underlie ,he edges of the main bore 18; so that the hook is held againstlongitudinal movement and may not collapse in the bore Without again rotating* the same in alignment With the handle. 'lhe hook may beheld in this position by a spring-pressed pin 20, Which engages in a socket 2l formed in the head when the hook is in the last named position.

` l/Vlien the hook is collapsed into the housing, this pin engages a socket 22 formed in the shank 13 to prevent casual extension of the shank.

The hand grip l5 is formed in two sections 23 and 2li, the section 24 having' a socket 25 in Which the upper end of the housing 1G` is extended and secured. 'lhe sections 23 and 24 are hinged to one another; as at 26, to permit the section 28 to be sivnng downwardly along the shank hopsinpj. To maintain the sections in alignment With one another, these sections are provided with a groove 2T, the Walls of Which are undercut and in which is nfiounted a slide 28. lhe groove opens through the free ond of the section 23 and is enlarged, as at 29, to forni a housingv for a head 30 formed on the slide. This head serves to permit nanipulation of the slide and further is provided with a socket 31 adapted to receive the bill of the hook. When it is desired to store the hook in the pocket, the pin 2O is released from the socket of the head, the hook rotated to align the head 14 thereof with the bore 18 and the shank forced up into the housing. The slide 28 is dravvn outwardly until the section 23 may be angularly positioned, as illustrated in Figure 3; and the head 30 of this slide is engaged with the bill of the hook having Cir an opening 31 in which the bill engages. When in this position, the bill of the hook is protected, sothat it may not tear holes in character may be readily and cheaply produced fand will provide an efficient structure for preventinv'damage to the person or clothing-by the bill of the hook. It will also be -Y obvious that the construction hereinbefore set vle forth is capable of a certain range of change and modification without materially departing from the spiritof the invention and I accordingly do not limit myself to such specific structure except as hereinafter claimed.

I olaim,:--l f i l. In a box Yhook or the like, a handle including a handV grip and a housing, a hook having ash'ank slidable in the housing and in one position thereof rotatable from' a position Where the bill of the hook aligns with the lhandle .to a position where the bill of the hook isdispoSed at right angles to the handle,

f'. meansfor holding the shank in either of said positions, andmeans upon the handle extendibl'e'toengage the kbill of the hook when the hook is in the first named position, said housing and the shank of the hook having coactionv with one another preventing rotation of the hook from the first named to the last named position until the hook is extended from the housing.

In a boXv hook or the like, a handle ins cluding a hand grip and a housing, a hook having a shank slidable in the housing and in one position thereof rotatable from a position where the bill of the hook aligns with the handleto a position where the bill of the hook Y isY disposed at` right. angles to the handle,

means for holding the shank in either of said positions, and means upon the handle er:-

tendible tofengage the bill of the hook when the hook is in the .first named position, said housing and the shank of the hook having coaction with one another preventingrotation of thehook from' the first named to the last Vnamed position'until the hook is extended from the housing, said shankrand housing `having coaction when the hook is in the last namedposition and extended from the housing preventing movement of the shank of the hook into the housinguntil the hook is rotated to thefirst named position.

3. Inabox hook orthe like, a handle in- To assist in maintaining' cluding a hand grip and a housing, a hook having a shank slidable in the housing and in one position thereof rotatable from a position where the bill of the hook aligns with the handle to a position where the bill of the hook is disposed at right angles to the handle, means for holding the shank in either of said positions, the handle being formed in two sections one of which is rigid to the housing and the other of which is pivoted to the first named section and movable from a position where it is aligned therewith to a position where it inclines downwardly and outwardly therefrom toward the bill of the hook when in the first named position, and means carried by the last named section of the handle eX- tendible to engage the bill of the hook.

et. In a box hook or the like, a handle including a hand grip and a housing, a hook having a shank slidable in the housing and in one position thereof rotatable from a position where the bill of the hook aligns with the handle to a position where the bill of the hook is diposed at right angles to the handle, means for holding the shank in either of said positions, the handle being formed in two sections one of which is rigid to the housing and the other of which is pivoted to the first named `ectioa and movable from a position where it is aligned therewith .toV a position where it inclines downwardly and outwardly therefrom toward the bill of the hook when in the 'first named position, and means carried by the last named section of the handle extendible to engage the bill of the hook, said means comprising a slide which in the aligned position of the handle sections is simnltaneousiy engageable with both thereof to hold said scctions in assembled relation.

5. In a box hook or the like, a handle including a hand grip and a housing, a hook having a shank slidable in the housing and in one position thereof rotatable from a position where the bill of the hook aligns with the handle to a position where the bill of thc hook is disposed at right angles to the handle, means for holding the shank in either of said positions, and means upon the handle cxtenit ible to engage the bill of the hook when the hook is in the first named position, said means including a part having engagement with the hook preventing casual displacement thereof.

In testimony whereof I hereunto ailin my signature.

JOHN F. ROBERTS. 

